NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For localized renal tumors, partial nephrectomy confers a survival advantage and a lower risk of severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) after surgery, relative…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to some study findings, statin therapy does not increase the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) significantly, according to the results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During non-trauma-related gastrointestinal and biliary tract surgery, use of an impervious plastic wound edge protector significantly cuts the risk of surgical site infections…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive control of blood sugar reduces the risk of microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria, but its impact on hard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For the millions of patients who come to the ED each year complaining of chest pain, an accelerated diagnostic protocol can accurately identify…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients younger than 50 with colon cancer derive similar benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy as older patients, according to study results reported in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Daily oxybutynin significantly improves urinary incontinence and flow rate in children with Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS), a Brazilian team reports in the July issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Semirigid ureteroscopy is more effective than shockwave lithotripsy for clearing distal ureteral calculi, according to the results of a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a new meta-analysis indicate that all drug-eluting stents (DES) outperform bare metal stents (BMS) over both the short and long term,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For pediatric influenza, a single inhalation of laninamivir octanoate is as safe and effective as 10 inhalations over five days of zanamivir, according…
